Covered receptacle.



A. T. WEISS.

COVERED REGBPTACLE.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T. 14, 1909.

1,065,412, Patented June 24,' 1913.

ALBERT T. WEISS, 0F RQCHESTER, NEW YORK,

FACTURING COMPANY, 0F ROCHESTER,

YORK.

Specification-ot Letters Patent.

lAssreivoii To YAWMAN a ERBE MANU- NEW YORK, A conromia'roiv or NEW covEBED BECEPTACLE.

`Applicatiaii led Q ctober 14, 1909. Serial No. 522,612.

T all whom t ma concern.'

0Be it known 'thgt I, ALBERT T. Weiss, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and vState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covered Receptacles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact descripj tion of the same, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, forming a part of this specication, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

The present invention relates to "covered receptacles and' has for its object to provide an article of this character 1n' which the cover is attached 4to the receptacle but capable of movement `to an open position in which it will be conveniently disposed at one side of the receptacle, the contents of the latter being more readily accessible by virtue of such position of the cover which can nevertheless be easily and accurately readjusted to its closed position. t

Another object of my invention is to provide means for maintaining the cover secure in its open position and to in general furnish a receptacle having these before mentioned characteristics that will yet be simple 1n design and in process of manufacture, permitting of its production at low cost.

The improvements are further directed 1n part .toward providing a device of the character indicated which will be particularly adapted to the reception of card indexes and similar filing systems.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings: Figure l is a central longitudinal section of a card index tray constructed inaccordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my 'present invention, one set of devices connecting' the receptacle and cover being shown in side elje\ tration with the latter in its open position; Fig. 2 is a detail View on the same section as Fig. 1, but showing the cover in a position assumed during its opening and closing movements; Fig. 3 is a similarv detail view showing the cover closed, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through the cover, while peinltaken substantially on the line 4 4 of Similar reference numerals throughout the views indicate the same parts.

As before indicated, the invention is particularly applicable for use in connection with the construction of card index trays, which latter being frequently consulted for reference purposes capable of rapid and convenient access, and with the cover so disposed, whenopen, that one portion of the interior Will be as easy to get at as another and display the contents as favorably for instant insertion or removal. Though the invention is Widely applicable to containers of other and different descriptions and purposes it is for these reasons that I have shown it herein embodied in an index tray, and referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates a tray or receptacle and 2 the cover, the former being provided in the present instance with the usual follower block wall 4 cards .5 are compressed, though only a few of the latter are in the present instance shown, and, as is usualv in s'iich trays, the coperating rims or edges of the receptacle and cover are formed with complementary rabbets 6 which hold the two in exact register when-the cover is closed.

In the practice of my invention, one of the members, preferably the tray itself, is provided with an extensionl on the inner side of each of its lateral walls and extends above the plane* of the rim thereof and is in the present form of a plate 8 fastened at 9. As the parts now being described are duplicated on each side of the to for convenience in the singular, as shown in Figs. l, 2 .and 3. Pivotally connected to this extension 7 at 'l0 is a link 11, the

other end of which is'siinilarly pivoted at 12 011 the inner face 0f a lateral wall 0f .a cover 2-which latter is in the present inst-ance of a recessed construction in viewof the fact that in a tray of the present type the upper edges of the cards 5 must project above the rim of the tray when open. The link ,111 is vided, preferably adj acent'the pivot 12, with a projection 13 forming an abutment adapted abutment on the cover to eoperate with an present instance bfy the top formed in the wall 14 thereof.

3, between which and the frontv pro- Patented June 24, 1913.

must have their interiori.

tray they will be referred l When the coveris closed, the parts assumethe position shown -1n Fig. 3, and in openin the cover is first raised to the positiony o Fig. 2 with an upward parallel and-rear- 'wardly swin ing movement on both of the pivotsan 12 until the abutment 13 is in engagement is swung rearwardly on the pivot 10 alone to assume the position of Fig. 1. The pivot 10 being above the plane of the rim of the rece tacle 1, the parts are so arranged accor ing to the proportions ofthe tray, that,

the cover vassumes a position in rear of the receptacle with its .rim` extending'substantially coincident with. and against the rear wall thereof, being supported with the rean wall of thecover slightly above the surface-upon which the tray is resting to prevent injury to the linish on the cover through engagementfof the link 11 with the rim of the receptacle at 16, the said' link being then, in the present instance,4 in substantially horizontal position. When thus disposed the cover, of course, projects somedistance upv ivardly above the receptacle but is prevented vfrom tilting in a rearward direction by engaement withl the latter at its lower or rear and in a forward direction by the'cooperation of the abutments 13- and 14. Yet, when it is desiredto closethe cover, a forward movement -of the'fupper end thereof causes it tol rotate on the p1vot`10 with the abutments 13 and 14 in -engaglement to the to tilt forward, is not suiiicient to position ofFig., 2,`and from t ence on both pivots tolpthe position of Fig. 3, b'ut the weight of the cover, when it has a temency rin ,- aboutthis 'result as it must rise orbe lifted with its initial movement. l v One of the. objects of Iarranging Athepivot 10 above the rim of the tray or receptacleyl `is to allow said rim to'be positively cleared by the rim of the cover in the lattersmovements back and forth. Also it is `notalvva s l wardly necessary to movethe cover deinitelyto t eposition of Fig. 2 in its initialopening move- 'ment asits 'forward ed e may be lifted slightly and, the-cover en pushed `rearwith a simultaneous sliding and swingingy movement ,to its `open positionf without leaving vcontact `with the receptacle.

-. In a card index trayy iitted with myl improvements, there isal'nple room,it will be with the'wall 14, wliereafter it noted, for the accommodation of the Vusers hand withlnthe open cover in manipulating cards in the extreme' rear of the tray.

In order to keep the cardsl from engagement with the parts 8 and 11 I prefer to provide spacing strips 17 on the lowerportlons of the tray walls.

I claim as my invention:

1. l.Thecombination with a receptacle andA a cover therefor, of a link pivotally connected -to each and a stop on thelink coperating with the cover to limit pivotal movement of the latter in one direction relatively to the link when the cover is 4 in an open position.

2. The combination with a receptacle and a cover therefor, of a link pivoted to both members to extend through the' plane of a wall ofthe receptacle whenV the @over is swung upon both ivots to an open position l to one side of the atter'g and an abutment on the link coperatingrwith the cover for preventin the latter omv moving on its own pivlot 'omsaid position toward the receptac e.

3.- The combination with a receptacle and K a cover therefor, of, a link pivotedto both members to extend through the plane of a wall of the receptacle when the cover is swung u on both pivots toan open position to one side of the latter, in which the link cooperates with the Areceptacle to Asupport thel covei; in .such position and an abutment on the link 'coperating withl the cover for v` i and adapted to rest upon the rim of the re- 'ceptacle.` to supportthe cover in such open position and anabutment on the link cooperating with the cover preventing a clos' 100 ing movement' of thecoveron its own pivot. y ALBERT rr. weiss.`

Witnesses: I l RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH, Y LUCY VAN Courir.

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